The Budget Director, Water Clerk and Collector shall maintain
regular and consistent office hours, which shall be those days and
hours the City Hall is open for business. With the exception of holidays
recognized by the City, those days and hours shall be termed "office
hours" and shall be Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon
and 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
The hours worked shall be documented by a time clock to be installed
at the City Hall. The Budget Director, Water Clerk and Collector are
required to clock in at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and clock out at 12:00
noon and 3:00 p.m. using their respective time cards. It is impermissible
to use another person's time card to clock in or clock out on their
behalf.
Each calendar year, the Budget Director, Water Clerk and Collector
shall be granted 50 hours of paid (compensated) time off that may
be used as vacation, sick time or other approved leave. All time off
over 50 hours shall be uncompensated unless special circumstances
exist. Compensated or uncompensated time off may not be taken unless
prior approval is obtained from the Mayor or his designee. If circumstances
arise and the City Council cannot make a determination whether the
circumstances qualify as special, the determination of special circumstances
will be at the discretion of the Mayor or his designee until such
time as the City Council may make that determination. Any hours or
portion thereof during which the Budget Director, Water Clerk or Collector
are not present during the above-enumerated office hours shall be
counted against and reduce the 50 hours of compensated time off.
In the event the Budget Director also holds the elected position
of Treasurer, the duties of Treasurer shall be performed during the
aforementioned office hours. In the event the Collector also holds
the elected position of City Clerk, the duties of City Clerk shall
be performed during the aforementioned office hours.
This article shall be effective on the effective date of the
ordinance implementing it. The 50 hours of compensated time off shall
be prorated from the effective date of the ordinance until December
31 of the year of enactment.